Oh, I know! :) I'm so glad Harrison changed that line because it's so much more Han that way. And the love scenes in Empire work for me, but Lucas totally lost the ability to write romantic dialogue later on. "Hold me like you did by the lake on Naboo." GAG!

OMGZ!!! The first three are good. Well, actually the first two and about half of the third one. Do NOT bother with the prequels, though. Seriously, just steaming piles of crap. the first three though, are just well, classics! And I think they still totally hold up. But I saw them when I was really young so they're kind of locked into my psyche forever.

i could tell you i have, but it would be a lie. *sigh* can you believe i've made it to 27 and never seen any? but i just found this princess leia action figure from when i was little - my parents bought it for me so i could play with my brother and his action figures (even though i had no idea what the plot was).

i think i need to do a movie night with my brother - he's been bugging me to see them for years!

Aww. You missed a lot of great movies! That one is fantastic. I'd try to see it on as big a screen as possible. :) That is seriously a movie I've seen so many times I practically have it memorized.

I had the same thing with the Godfather films, I guess. I took forever to see them because I was holding out to see them on the bigscreen. I finally caved in and rented that and a lot of other classic '70s flicks like One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

That... is a good question. I blame my all-consuming love for Han Solo that I noticed that years ago. Oh Han. I got the Limited Edition Original Theatrical Release DVDs for Christmas but I haven't watched them yet; I need to get on that.

Lol. I remember that! I was very Han!Focused back in the day but it took me 7 viewings of Star Wars before I noticed that the smoldering pile outside Luke's house was the burning skeletal remains of Luke's aunt and uncle!!! Oy!

But even recently, there are some films where I don't catch stuff right away. Like Gladiator - I somehow didn't catch on the first viewing that Maximus was preparing to hoist his spear at the emperor after his triumphant first bout in the colosseum. Oops!

Would you like the Star Wars fanatic explanation of said inconsistency (My brother, the self professed George Lucas apologist)?

Apparently a lot of people have asked this question. It's addressed in one of the 3000 books he has. According to him - the "Ugnaughts" (which are those pig faced creatures) uncuff him when he descends into the chamber. I think they are around during the scene.

I know who the Ugnaughts are! ;) And that totally makes sense. They also could have had the cuffs programmed to disengage or something, LOL. I also wonder if maybe the artist who did the carbon block Han just took a liberty and they didn't bother to match it up. :) I'm sure there's a huge list of Star Wars bloopers somewhere online.